College Basketball Coach of the Year: The Final Five Candidates and Reader Poll

It’s a fluid process, with many meriting consideration, but as we motor toward March Madness 2014, here are the leading candidates, listed alphabetically, for the top college basketball coach this season.

The Cavaliers finished the season with a 25-6 record and were 16-2 in the ACC.

Larry Brown, SMU

An under-the-radar 2012 hiring of the only coach to win both an NCAA and NBA championship proved savvy. The 73-year-old took a campus more known for a 1987 football “death penalty” and the George W. Bush Presidential Library to a 23-win, Top 25 hoops team, which didn’t lose consecutive games until the final week of play.

The Mustangs finished 23-8 and were 12-6 in the American Athletic Conference.

The Bluejays finished 24-6, and were second in the Big East with a 14-4 record.

Tim Miles, Nebraska

Nebraska was picked dead last in the B1G preseason poll. In just his second season, Miles brought the Huskers to the top half of arguably nation’s best conference, including many more impressive road wins than the Blue Devils or Orange. Downtown Lincoln’s beautiful new arena – where UNL lost just once – was packed every night in a city more known for clinging to its underachieving football program.

The Huskers finished the regular season with a 19-11 record and were 11-7 in the Big Ten.

Billy Donovan, Florida: With 23 straight triumphs, the Gators became the first to ever to go undefeated in SEC conference play, finishing 29-2 overall, in a year where nearly every other “major” team stumbled often.

A former schoolteacher and military historian, A.J. now works in public relations. As an MSF columnist since 2009, he supports anything baseball-related. Raised in San Diego, A.J. has since resided in numerous parts of America, including Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Ohio and Washington State. After departing the coasts in 2005, he's traveled the back roads of all 50 states and prefers the Heartland. Married to Maria, A.J. is the author of three books and enjoys reading presidential biographies.

It’s in reference to Lincoln being a football town now embracing successful hoops, which will only get better. And yes, the football team is overhyped considering the outcomes the past decade or so don’t match the fan worship. I lived there until last summer. Enjoy your excellent hoops team, and hopefully baseball gets it together this spring. There’s so much more to college sports than football and tailgates seven Saturdays per fall.

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